Door-hanger



(No Model.)

E. T. PRINDLE.

DOOR HANGER.

No. 312,294. Patented Feb. 17,1885.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

EDWARD T. PRINDLE, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

EPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent.No. 3l2,2 94,'dated February 17 1885.

Application filed Novemberlii, 1884. (X0 model To a. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. PRINDLE,

of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the acconr panying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In most, if not all, door-hangers for barndoors, gates, &c., whether made in one piece or in a'number of pieces, thereis not afforded the necessary stiffeners to operate well.

The objects of my invention are to give great strength, rigidity, and steadiness to the cross-heads from which hang the pendants to which the hanging door is suspended, and to prevent their getting strained or bent out of position or broken when in use; and it relates to the construction of such cross-head and to its combination with and the manner of attaching it to the pendant.

My device is designed for barn and other.

similar doors, for gates, 850.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the line 00 arof Fig. 2, representing one of my improved hangers as applied to a barn-door; Fig. 2, an elevation of the when the hanger is applied to a door, a, for

use, rests in a well-known manner on theaxis or journals cl of the loose or free roller 6, whose periphery f bears and runs on a track, 9, formed in or on the building or barn, there being, as is well known, two of these hangers for a door.

The cross-head, in order to be firmly secured true.

to the pendant both above and below, has its main or back part made to extend not only above the level of the rider-bar, as shown at h, but also considerably below it, as shown at h, such back part being provided with boltholes at top and bottom, as shown, and whereby it may be fastened both at top and bottom by bolts 2' i j j, as shown. Ribs h h, extending from the back to the front part, serve to strengthen the structure and to effectually resist upward strain or pressure. A longitudinal opening or passage-way, 1, serves to receive the upper part of the roller when in use, and the lower edges, 1), of this yoke-like part serve as the bearings which rest and run on the journals or axes of the rollers, these bearing-edges having at their ends a downward projection, m, to limit in a well-known manner the range of movement of the roller.

As thus far described, the hanger may be applied most strongly and firmly to the pendant n by means of the bolts and any suitable nuts or nuts and washers; but as a greater or additional security against becoming wrenched or strained from its true position under violent treatment, I prefer to make the back h with transverse ribs 0, one near the top and the other near the bottom, and which are meant to be let into corresponding grooves made in the pendant, as shown. These not only make a close, tight fit of the cross-head with its pendant, but contribute largely to support the pendant and door, and also, in case the bolts should any of them become loose, prevent any sagging of the cross-head and consequent throwing of the door out of I prefer to make the cross-head with these ribs 0, though, as intimated above, they may be dispensed with.

The pendant may be of hard Wood, cast, wrought, or malleable iron, as preferred.

The track is preferably made of hard wood nailed to the pieces or beams 19, which are fastened to the side q of the barn or other suitable structure. The track may, however, be of iron, or of a thin band of iron secured to a beam. I

It will be evident that my construction affords a very stiff and at the same timea cheap hanger; that it is next to impossible to change the position of orto bend or break or loosen thecross-head; thattheupward stress or strain 1 single strip projecting up between the two due to the weight of the door or gate is completely met and resisted by the lower projection and its transverse ribs 0, in connection with the bolts, these ribs and bolts constituting what I term the fastenings, as also these in conjunction with the upper projection and its fastenings, and that the cross-ribs embedded in the grooves of the pendant add largely to the rigidity and permanence of po- 7 sition.

If desired, a double roller having one and the same axis may be used, as shown in Fig. 3. In such case the track, instead of being composed of two strips on both sides of the wheel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, may be a 

